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Conditioning for Pitchers: Will Cardio Kill Your Velo?
While training for pitchers has become significantly better over the last decade or so, the fear around the dreaded “conditioning” may have gone too far. Running poles has been shunned (and we have the shirts to prove it), but surely not all conditioning will destroy...
Drills to Improve Your Arm Action: A Three Part Series
Efficient and effective arm action is an important piece of a high velocity delivery. But, if you don't naturally possess that, how do we go about changing it? In this three part video series I discuss a few of the drills we use to change an athlete's arm action. Part...
Improving Elbow Health for Long Term Pitching Development
Elbow pain and injury is one of the most common issues requiring adjustments to training and causing missed training time or missed playing time. In amateur players this inhibits development and, in some cases, ends careers prematurely. If you can’t train or play,...
Extensive Throwing Cycles
In this video I discuss how to design an extensive throwing cycle. Extensive throwing cycles are necessary as part of a preparatory phase prior to velocity development cycles. They can also be a great option for athletes struggling with rhythm and relaxation. Check...
How to Design a Throwing Program to Increase Velocity
Throwing velocity is an undeniably important piece of high performance on the mound. This video discusses the principles that underly the design of a throwing program to increase velocity and gives a few sample layouts.
Periodizing and Progressing External Rotation
Whether you’re a pitcher, position player, overhead thrower in a different sport, or coach of these athletes, you have likely heard of the rotator cuff and know that it is an important part of shoulder health and function. However, most athletes and coaches don’t...
Looking to Increase Your Velocity? Summer Baseball Program 2021
Registration is now open for the 2021 Tyler Anzmann Performance College Baseball Development Program and the High School Baseball Development program. Both programs will be run out of our Baltimore facility.
Bryan Liriano: A 6-Week Velocity-Deficient Athlete Case Study
At the beginning of an athlete’s training journey interventions can and should be very simple and will often lead to impressive results. As an athlete advances and begins to achieve basic abilities, such as maximal strength levels, finding weak links becomes more...
Extensive to Intensive Programming for High Velocity Throwing, Part 1
Throwing velocity is undeniably important for getting opportunities to play at the highest level and is often one of the important factors in determining the amount of money made by a pitcher. While some may still believe that throwing velocity is innate and cannot be...
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Conditioning for Pitchers: Will Cardio Kill Your Velo?
While training for pitchers has become significantly better over the last decade or so, the fear around the dreaded “conditioning” may have gone too far. Running poles has been shunned (and we have the shirts to prove it), but surely not all conditioning will destroy...